Poppy Problem Nipped in Bud
Turkey’s decision to end poppy cultivation aims to curb illicit heroin from the region. President Nixon calls it courageous and statesmanlike as the one year goal of U.S. policy progresses. Financial aid will help Turkish farmers switch to other crops by autumn 1972 amid hopes for a broad regional lesson.
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Nixon
Turkey
U.S
United States
I.W. Abel
Sterlworkers’ Union
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers Union
Cesar Chavez
Charles. Densford
Eastern Establishment May Regret Pentagon Leaks
An analysis argues the Pentagon Papers may cause the Eastern Establishment to regret publishing them. It traces wartime policy to a persistent power elite of Wall Street firms foundations banks and think tanks shaping U.S. policy across administrations. The piece notes war backlash could challenge the system and affect future governance.
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W. Hington
Pentagon
Fac
Maha
South Philadelphia
Ipak
Daniel Ellsberg
Vietnam
Nixon
Wall Street
U.S
White House
Giumph
la Follette
Mixa
Joseph McCarthy
Harvard
Silvie Spoon
Job market tightness hits four-state region graduates
The Job-Hunters Coach notes fewer job offers and stagnant salaries for graduates across four SRB states, with black college grads, especially teachers, faring relatively better. Integrated schooling outside the South raises demand, while colleges and industry slow hiring due to a nonexpanding economy. The College Placement Council postponed its salary survey. An all-out effort in Bexar County aims to boost temporary and permanent job opportunities amid fewer summer posts and armed forces cutbacks.
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South
Readers argue over press freedom and public duty
A collection of reader letters criticizes the First Amendment and the handling of stolen disclosures. Contributors argue about media responsibility, government secrecy, and the Supreme Court decision while referencing Kennedy era debates and union leadership remarks.
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Supreme Court
Letter from readers on names and addresses policy
Brickman Lettre explains reader letter submission rules including identifiable name and address preferred, short letters favored, and editing. Anonymous or third party letters will be filed. Full names with initials accepted in some cases. address details requested to be in Massachusetts style at The Light, Bos 161, San Antonio, Texas 78291.
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The
Light
Bos
San Antonio
Toras
Press Ironies Compare Memoir and Kerry Policy Rhetoric
A reader cites a 1969 defense memo by the McNaughton draft criticizing Vietnam policy. The document presents percentages linked to aims in SVN and U.S. credibility, with telegraphese style contrasting today’s statements about idealism and national motives.
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McNaughton
Robert McNamara
J. U.S
U.S
Critique of a Magazine on U S Humiliation Debate
The critique centers on R McNaughton's distinction of humiliation and the DoD's concrete aims. Lime magazine mocks the statement as lacking idealism while contrasting a patriotic sense of national hurt with harsher consequences. The piece links humiliation to wars, conquests, and enslavement.
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U.S
Lime Magazine
McNaughton
Chicago
Department of Defense
United States
Treaties and the deterrent power of commitments
Rostow argues that treaties are not scraps of paper but crucial deterrents shaping national security. The letter cites Churchill on Greece, links presidential thinking across administrations, and notes that U.S. adherence to treaties underpins allied life and international rectitude in Vietnam, framed as incidental to pursuing collective ideals.
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Uapuupiicine
John Kerry
Vietnam
Eugene Rastow
Walt
Pentagon
Churchill
Greece
Britain
Rostow Purson
Kennedy
Eihower
Johnson
McNaughton
SVN
South Vietnam
Health Talk Advice On Medicines And Medical Cautions
In a health column Dr. Lester Coleman warns against using leftover antihistamine tablets and pills from years past due to potency and misidentification risks. He urges consulting a doctor before reusing medicines and notes safety for children rummaging through meds. He also addresses nasal fractures, timing for corrective surgery, pregnancy travel risk, and flight safety with medical advice.
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Newsweek
Council of War
Honolulu
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Rockefeller Foundation
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McGeorge Bundy
Harvard Bean
Ford Foundation
New Priorities
Common Cause
John Gardner
LBI
State Department
Wall Steel
Aire
Southern Regional Education Board
College Placement Council
Winfred L. Godwin
Bexar County
Congress
Henry Plenting
Blackstone
Hugh D Adair
U.S.A
Marianne Means
Asia
John Chamberlain
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John P. Roche
Pentagon Papers
Maxwell Taylor
Harvey H. Hewitt
Supreme Cour
New York Times
Evelyn.rakowitz
Small Society
Brickman
William E. Buckley JR
Assistant Secretary of Defense
Buckley
Lester Coleman
Mrs. T
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